BR writes that he wishes to say a few words about trusteeship, which he lists in three points. Dora is getting a benefit from the abolition of the dum casta clause, that BR must have security against complete destitution, and if Dora "... says 'oh but I should always be reasonable' you may retort that I should always be reasonable about her chastity."

"If I am to rely on her reasonableness, she must rely on mine. Certain actions 'hang together logically and arithmetically,' she can't have one without the other."